1. Students will be placed in small homogenous groups by interest and heterogeneous groups by ability.
Groups will be divided into 3-5 students per group (can be flexible).
Discuss roles with the group, expectations, and show students the rubric. Each member of a group will be assigned a role/s:
Leader-makes sure everyone is heard and keeps everyone focused on the task
Recorder-keeps records and writes all notes on graphic organizers and Venn diagram
Time Keeper-makes sure students on task and announces when time is half up and when there is only five minutes left
Archivist-keeps all student work in a folder
Monitor-responsible for maintaining all supplies, reporting rubric completion, and asking the teacher for help when needed (after discussing with group)
Presenter-presents the information
*one class period
2. Groups will visit the website Interactives, Elements of a Story to review the original tale Cinderella and story elements and complete the quiz.
*one class period
3. Groups will visit the website Elements of Fairy Tales to review the pervading themes of fairytales and complete the quiz.
*one class period
4. Groups will be assigned a culture to research based on the Cinderella multicultural version they choose. Groups will read/listen to their multicultural version of Cinderella using print and/or electronic resources depending on the version they choose. Groups will compare and contrast the original version of Cinderella to their multicultural version by completing their Venn diagram. Groups will then begin to research their country/culture using National Geographic Kids and Yahoo! Kids Reference following the Super 3 Research Model and completing all ten questions of the Super 3 plan. *two class periods
5. Groups will prepare a presentation of their choice that highlights three factors that make their culture unique and the benefit of these cultural traits.
*two class periods
6. Groups will present their findings in a previously approved format of the student’s choice. After all presentations, students will list and discuss three reasons why it is ok for people to be different.
*two class periods
List of Materials
http://delicious.com/bmonster30 - This social bookmark site contains the quizzes for elements of a story, elements of fairy tales, online versions of the fairy tale Cinderella and resources for research of the country.
Teacher's Guide
1. Students will be placed in small homogenous groups by interest and heterogeneous groups by ability.
Groups will be divided into 3-5 students per group (can be flexible).
Discuss roles with the group, expectations, and show students the rubric. Each member of a group will be assigned a role/s:
- Leader-makes sure everyone is heard and keeps everyone focused on the task
- Recorder-keeps records and writes all notes on graphic organizers and Venn diagram
- Time Keeper-makes sure students on task and announces when time is half up and when there is only five minutes left
- Archivist-keeps all student work in a folder
- Monitor-responsible for maintaining all supplies, reporting rubric completion, and asking the teacher for help when needed (after discussing with group)
- Presenter-presents the information
*one class period2. Groups will visit the website Interactives, Elements of a Story to review the original tale Cinderella and story elements and complete the quiz.
*one class period
3. Groups will visit the website Elements of Fairy Tales to review the pervading themes of fairytales and complete the quiz.
*one class period
4. Groups will be assigned a culture to research based on the Cinderella multicultural version they choose. Groups will read/listen to their multicultural version of Cinderella using print and/or electronic resources depending on the version they choose. Groups will compare and contrast the original version of Cinderella to their multicultural version by completing their Venn diagram. Groups will then begin to research their country/culture using National Geographic Kids and Yahoo! Kids Reference following the Super 3 Research Model and completing all ten questions of the Super 3 plan.
*two class periods
5. Groups will prepare a presentation of their choice that highlights three factors that make their culture unique and the benefit of these cultural traits.
*two class periods
6. Groups will present their findings in a previously approved format of the student’s choice. After all presentations, students will list and discuss three reasons why it is ok for people to be different.
*two class periods
List of Materials
http://delicious.com/bmonster30 - This social bookmark site contains the quizzes for elements of a story, elements of fairy tales, online versions of the fairy tale Cinderella and resources for research of the country.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes29/dbwernicke/ftelemquiz.html - Quiz for elements of a fairy tale.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/test.html - Quiz for elements of a story.
http://www.diigo.com/user/ksellers - This social bookmark site contains web pages that will aid students in researching their country.
http://www.big6.com/kids/k-2.htm - This web page contains the steps involved in completing the Super 3-Plan, Do, Review.
http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=11&title- Website to use for an enrichment activity. This site contains templates to use in creating a multicultural cookbook.
Printed materials
Hardware